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  • KarozKaroz Registered User regular
    edited September 2022
    Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Story Part 2 : Homecoming and Melchiah
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    Raziel wrote:
    Though much of Nosgoth’s landscape had changed, these cliffs gave me my bearings. My clan territory was to the west – I was anxious to see how my descendants had fared during the centuries of my absence.

    Leaving the deafening crash of the water falls behind him, Raziel enters into his once-proud domain. He is greeted by deafening silence. The perpetrators he already knows, as vampire traitors would have suffered the same fate as he. Moving further into the territory, Raziel encounters a human and a new form of degenerate vampire.

    Exploring further reveals the identity of this new foe: the territory of Melchiah and his brood, the last raised and weakest of Kain’s lieutenants. The curse of vampirism barely sustained Melchiah’s own flesh and such weakness was passed down to his offspring that they should resembled little more than ghouls.
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    Descending further into Melchiah’s domain, Raziel use of the Spectral realm causes him to encounter a new foe: a vampiric wraith. Vampires that are slain but have their souls successfully escape into the spectral realm will be little more than a lost soul for a time, but eventually their natures would adapt turning them into the robed specters found here, feasting upon souls. In this form, if they were able to open a wound on Raziel, they could retreat to safety and begin to drain his soul essence, which could force Raziel back to the Abyss. Worse yet, should their physical form have its lethal means removed (such as removing an impaling stake or dragged out of water) the wraith could reinhabit their mortal shell bringing with them their deadly knowledge from the spectral realm.
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    Reaching the depths of the charnel house, Raziel finds a huge grinder, used to pulp human remains leaving only skin and blood to be used by the vampiric inhabitants. Out of the darkness a rumbling growly echoes: Melchiah.
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    The ghoulish abomination trade barbs with Raziel, revealing little but riddles for the vampiric wraith to decipher. While Raziel may have his demeanor from his unlife, his little brother now holds the greater strength stating “You are the last to die!” Melchiah lurches towards Raziel.

    A hulking form, Raziel is unable to wound the massive wrack of flesh and bone and retreats to side rooms that are sealed with great impaling spikes. But lo, Melchiah can phase through these obstacles, continuing the pursuit of his diminutive kin. With quick thinking, Raziel finds the lever to lower these barriers, allowing him to lure the monster into entering and injuring the beast. After a couple of attempts, the contraption controlling the great grinder becomes unlocked and with the last energy of his maddened pursuit, Melchiah enters the grinding room. Engaging the device, Raziel has but one question for the beast: where can he find Kain. But the beast is unwilling to state saying that Kain goes where he sees fit. And with that the great grinder does its bloody work, turning the elder vampire into little more than red paste—and a great glowing soul.

    Consuming the soul, Raziel is congratulated by his accomplishment though the latter takes no pleasure in it. Perhaps some remnant of Raziel’s loyalty to his brothers or that Melchiah had no direct hand in his execution made Raziel’s victory feel empty. Even so, he has gained the ability to shift through thin barriers and grates but only in the spectral realm.

    While leaving Melchiah’s domain, the Eldar God informs Raziel to return to the Sanctuary of the Clans as he now has the means via Melchiah’s gift to do so—but something lingers there.

    End Soul Reaver Part 2


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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    So whats the new thing with nividia grafix

    It requires 12 PCI Turbo Express slots and reintroduces the idea of IRQ conflicts and costs eleventy thousand dollars and has to be RMAed at least once before it will work.

    And you have to set the IRQ manually via jumpers.

    Config.sys and Autoexe.bat got me covered.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Hevach wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    So whats the new thing with nividia grafix

    It requires 12 PCI Turbo Express slots and reintroduces the idea of IRQ conflicts and costs eleventy thousand dollars and has to be RMAed at least once before it will work.

    And you have to set the IRQ manually via jumpers.

    While being zapped periodically with a new type of static electricity Nvidia developed that can travel through rubber/insulation and you can't protect yourself by grounding every 5 seconds until you get it configured correctly.

    This would actually help with jumpers. "Is that right? Part of the sticker is heat damaged I can't tell." "Well is it still shocking you? If it's shocking you it's wrong."


    Edit: I knew a guy who had special clothes he wore for whenever he opened a computer up - no synthetic fibers, pure high thread count some expensive bullshit. Custom made antistatic wrist band with a Fluke lead (Fluke:electrical testers::Monster:HDMI cables) and even specific shoes he only wore for that with some kind of special sole. I would ground myself on the heatsink if he was watching just to annoy him. Only backfired once.

    He spent so much money on specialized clothing when the answer was right in front of him the whole time: get naked.

    CAN'T BUILD STATIC ON CLOTHES IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING CLOTHES WOOOO

  • CroakerBCCroakerBC TorontoRegistered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Hevach wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    So whats the new thing with nividia grafix

    It requires 12 PCI Turbo Express slots and reintroduces the idea of IRQ conflicts and costs eleventy thousand dollars and has to be RMAed at least once before it will work.

    And you have to set the IRQ manually via jumpers.

    While being zapped periodically with a new type of static electricity Nvidia developed that can travel through rubber/insulation and you can't protect yourself by grounding every 5 seconds until you get it configured correctly.

    This would actually help with jumpers. "Is that right? Part of the sticker is heat damaged I can't tell." "Well is it still shocking you? If it's shocking you it's wrong."


    Edit: I knew a guy who had special clothes he wore for whenever he opened a computer up - no synthetic fibers, pure high thread count some expensive bullshit. Custom made antistatic wrist band with a Fluke lead (Fluke:electrical testers::Monster:HDMI cables) and even specific shoes he only wore for that with some kind of special sole. I would ground myself on the heatsink if he was watching just to annoy him. Only backfired once.

    He spent so much money on specialized clothing when the answer was right in front of him the whole time: get naked.

    CAN'T BUILD STATIC ON CLOTHES IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING CLOTHES WOOOO


    ….
    …..no comment.

  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    CroakerBC wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    Hevach wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    So whats the new thing with nividia grafix

    It requires 12 PCI Turbo Express slots and reintroduces the idea of IRQ conflicts and costs eleventy thousand dollars and has to be RMAed at least once before it will work.

    And you have to set the IRQ manually via jumpers.

    While being zapped periodically with a new type of static electricity Nvidia developed that can travel through rubber/insulation and you can't protect yourself by grounding every 5 seconds until you get it configured correctly.

    This would actually help with jumpers. "Is that right? Part of the sticker is heat damaged I can't tell." "Well is it still shocking you? If it's shocking you it's wrong."


    Edit: I knew a guy who had special clothes he wore for whenever he opened a computer up - no synthetic fibers, pure high thread count some expensive bullshit. Custom made antistatic wrist band with a Fluke lead (Fluke:electrical testers::Monster:HDMI cables) and even specific shoes he only wore for that with some kind of special sole. I would ground myself on the heatsink if he was watching just to annoy him. Only backfired once.

    He spent so much money on specialized clothing when the answer was right in front of him the whole time: get naked.

    CAN'T BUILD STATIC ON CLOTHES IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING CLOTHES WOOOO


    ….
    …..no comment.

    So many computer builds were done that way in the 80s.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited September 2022
    Not just the 80s.

    Morninglord on
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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    Man, I haven't thought about megatokyo in literal decades. That was actually my main forum before PA

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    Man, I haven't thought about megatokyo in literal decades. That was actually my main forum before PA

    While the comic was a joke, I didn't find any fault with that logic the next time I built a PC and couldn't find my static band.

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    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • -Loki--Loki- Don't pee in my mouth and tell me it's raining. Registered User regular
    The Yakuza stuff made me think maybe I should finally give these games a try, but I'm also trying not to buy games because something something backlog.

    Today I was scrolling through my steam games and what the fuck when did I buy Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami?

    Guess I've got my next games once I finish the games in progress.

  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    Man, I haven't thought about megatokyo in literal decades. That was actually my main forum before PA

    I eavesdropped on one of their pax panels. Passionate dudes

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  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    edited September 2022
    el_vicio wrote: »
    One thing Gamepass taught me: streaming is definitely not the future of gaming. Thought I'd finally play Banjo Kazooie Nuts&Bolts. The delay is not superhuge, but it is noticeable and makes driving frustrating.

    What's your internet speed?
    100mbit down. probably 50 up.

    if that isn't enough, then lol

    e: it's probably more about latency, idk what ms server I could ping to find that out.

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  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    In other news, are you ready for the goty 2022?

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059990/Trombone_Champ/

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    I don't even really play shoot em ups but this one looks kind of fascinating:

    https://youtu.be/T3mAcJWTD5U

    I have never heard "squad" pronounced that way before, but that '50s B-movie style is gorgeous.

  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    el_vicio wrote: »
    In other news, are you ready for the goty 2022?

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059990/Trombone_Champ/
    This game needs to be on Switch so you can move a joy-con back and forth for the trombone.

    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    The idea that they haven't
    Jazz wrote: »
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    I don't even really play shoot em ups but this one looks kind of fascinating:

    https://youtu.be/T3mAcJWTD5U

    I have never heard "squad" pronounced that way before, but that '50s B-movie style is gorgeous.

    Reminds me of the Unstoppable Gorg

  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    Man, if Arkane don't do Deathloop 2 after patching in that extended ending (not that the original ending wasn't enough for me to want a sequel), I'm gonna be a sourpuss about it

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Eesh, this Spiderman code is proving obstinate. Tried giving it to someone with a 3060 and apparently they were denied. So it's very likely the code won't work unless the recipient has a 3080, since that's what I got. Maybe above would work too, I don't know.

    So, if you have a 3080 or above and want to try your luck at the Spiderman code let me know via PM

  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Eesh, this Spiderman code is proving obstinate. Tried giving it to someone with a 3060 and apparently they were denied. So it's very likely the code won't work unless the recipient has a 3080, since that's what I got. Maybe above would work too, I don't know.

    So, if you have a 3080 or above and want to try your luck at the Spiderman code let me know via PM

    I sent ya a PM. Not sure if you got it or not. Didn't feel right taking it from someone who wants to play it right now since I have a puppy backlog.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Betsuni wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    Eesh, this Spiderman code is proving obstinate. Tried giving it to someone with a 3060 and apparently they were denied. So it's very likely the code won't work unless the recipient has a 3080, since that's what I got. Maybe above would work too, I don't know.

    So, if you have a 3080 or above and want to try your luck at the Spiderman code let me know via PM

    I sent ya a PM. Not sure if you got it or not. Didn't feel right taking it from someone who wants to play it right now since I have a puppy backlog.

    Sent a message, didn't get the notification of your initial one so I missed it. Spin that wheel!

  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    Hevach wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    So whats the new thing with nividia grafix

    It requires 12 PCI Turbo Express slots and reintroduces the idea of IRQ conflicts and costs eleventy thousand dollars and has to be RMAed at least once before it will work.

    And you have to set the IRQ manually via jumpers.

    While being zapped periodically with a new type of static electricity Nvidia developed that can travel through rubber/insulation and you can't protect yourself by grounding every 5 seconds until you get it configured correctly.

    This would actually help with jumpers. "Is that right? Part of the sticker is heat damaged I can't tell." "Well is it still shocking you? If it's shocking you it's wrong."


    Edit: I knew a guy who had special clothes he wore for whenever he opened a computer up - no synthetic fibers, pure high thread count some expensive bullshit. Custom made antistatic wrist band with a Fluke lead (Fluke:electrical testers::Monster:HDMI cables) and even specific shoes he only wore for that with some kind of special sole. I would ground myself on the heatsink if he was watching just to annoy him. Only backfired once.

    He spent so much money on specialized clothing when the answer was right in front of him the whole time: get naked.

    CAN'T BUILD STATIC ON CLOTHES IF YOU'RE NOT WEARING CLOTHES WOOOO



    Imma need Henry Cavill to build another PC.

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  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    edited September 2022

    Man

    I don't know if Jordan Peele is good collab fit, he imo has issues conveying a clear message post Get Out
    I think Kojima needs someone more focused to reign him in

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  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    edited September 2022
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So @akajaybay How is it?

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
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    hi peoples, just stopping in during a short Disney breather. Oh shit, gotta go, my crop of peppers is ready to harvest


    *runs away*

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  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So akajaybay How is it?

    Ready for the Ska Band DLC. :heart:

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Looking at sims 4 dlc, how did I not install it already, I suddenly understand why nexus mods felt the need for collections.

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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    YOU FACE JARAXXUS
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  • akajaybayakajaybay Registered User regular
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So akajaybay How is it?

    One song in and I'm gonna say it's pretty...pretty..pretty good.
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  • captainkcaptaink TexasRegistered User regular
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    First 2 are region locked to North America because I think the keys might be region locked

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    I had the strangest urge to watch this video after that trombone clip

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS49Dazin3E

  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So @akajaybay How is it?

    I feel like you're asking the wrong user, given my title. :P
    (I've played just about every rhythm game ever made. Total master of none, though.)

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  • Kai_SanKai_San Commonly known as Klineshrike! Registered User regular
    captaink wrote: »
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    First 2 are region locked to North America because I think the keys might be region locked

    Fuck yes Daryl Deluxe. Everyone put in for that it's such a great experience.

  • tsmvengytsmvengy Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So akajaybay How is it?

    I feel like you're asking the wrong user, given my title. :P
    (I've played just about every rhythm game ever made. Total master of none, though.)

    Jaybay was the only person on my friends list who owned it!

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  • taliosfalcontaliosfalcon Registered User regular
    gundam evolution is..interesting..it's overwatch but the time to kill is -2 seconds so the second you see anyone you explode so fast it's ....i don't know what it is; ridiculous anyway.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    tsmvengy wrote: »
    How has this not been discussed yet? (TROMBONE CHAMP)


    So akajaybay How is it?

    I feel like you're asking the wrong user, given my title. :P
    (I've played just about every rhythm game ever made. Total master of none, though.)

    Jaybay was the only person on my friends list who owned it!

    I didn't even know it existed until today.

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  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    gundam evolution is..interesting..it's overwatch but the time to kill is -2 seconds so the second you see anyone you explode so fast it's ....i don't know what it is; ridiculous anyway.

    It may seem that way as a new player, but the game is much more focused on evasion compared to Overwatch. You're generally not really going to have Orisas and Reins to hide behind in this game and you're not really supposed to facetank sustained focus fire even on Sazabi, so you're going to want to get acquainted with abusing your dashes/mitigation/mobility(as applicable), and your survivability will go way way up.

  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    I'm surprised Gundam Evolution doesn't have a customisable pilot or mech. Seems like an easy way to add monetisation for a F2P game.

  • DonnictonDonnicton Registered User regular
    Suriko wrote: »
    I'm surprised Gundam Evolution doesn't have a customisable pilot or mech. Seems like an easy way to add monetisation for a F2P game.

    I think that was likely a deliberate choice to differentiate/not step on the toes of Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2, which is much more focused on mech customization and slower squad gameplay than speedy hero shooter.

  • SurikoSuriko AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Donnicton wrote: »
    Suriko wrote: »
    I'm surprised Gundam Evolution doesn't have a customisable pilot or mech. Seems like an easy way to add monetisation for a F2P game.

    I think that was likely a deliberate choice to differentiate/not step on the toes of Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation 2, which is much more focused on mech customization and slower squad gameplay than speedy hero shooter.

    I'd completely forgotten about that. Looking forward to it.

    It turns out there are some customisation options - paint schemes, charms, and pilot voices mainly. Which is great, when you aren't locked out of the unit you want.

    Playing some more, and my biggest issue with the game is... why? I'm adoring seeing mobile suits in HD on a PC (I really hate the SD stuff), but I'm really not seeing why they went with a (blatant) OW clone of all things for it. Feels great to see childhood favourite suits, until someone else grabs it and you're stuck with something you dislike the playstyle of.

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